Recover a vim file from the .un~ file without the undo command

Question

How can I restore a vim file from the undo file without hitting undo?

I had a vim file that I saved while adding text. Then I ran a python comm

Answer 1

A reminder that if you have set in your .vimrc file

set backupdir=$HOME/tmp

You may have temp copies of the files that are readable and that can be renamed